My internet connection seems to drop when I go idle for up to an hour or so. It happens w/ IE and Firefox. I know it's not the actual connection, because when I use my work laptop, it never happens, just to my home PC. The only way to get the internet back seems to be to do a restart, which is a pain. Appreciate any advice.

U might need to move the modem to the open to see if it is just anything in the way